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Dade County Nursing Home v. DSS

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two
Dec 21, 1993
865 S.W.2d 817 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 18542.

October 22, 1993. Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Supreme Court Denied November 18, 1993. Application to Transfer Denied December 21, 1993.

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DADE COUNTY; C. DAVID DARNOLD, JUDGE.

Richard Beaver, Dept. of Social Services, Div. of Legal Services, Jefferson City, for defendant-appellant.

Husch Eppenberger, Mark G. Arnold, St. Louis, Harvey M. Tettlebaum and Barbara Miltenberger, Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


The Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services (the Department), appeals from a judgment holding that a regulation establishing a new method of calculating amounts to be paid to nursing homes participating in the Missouri Medicaid program denies equal protection of the law. The respondent, Dade County Nursing Home District, d/b/a Dade County Nursing Home (Dade County Nursing), operates a nursing home providing long-term care to Medicaid recipients.

This case presents the same questions as those presented and decided in Rolla Manor, Inc., d/b/a Rolla Manor Care Center v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services, 865 S.W.2d 812, handed down concurrently herewith. The plaintiff-respondent in the instant case had a fiscal year end of June 30, which resulted in a per diem rate of reimbursement under the "New Plan" different from that applicable to Rolla Manor. Except for that factual distinction, which would not alter our conclusion on the issues presented, our opinion in the instant case would be the same as in the Rolla Manor case. We do, therefore, adopt the opinion in Case No. 18535 as the opinion in this case and reverse and remand with directions to reinstate the decision of the Administrative Hearing Commission to the extent it affirmed the Department's rebased rate for Dade County Nursing.

MONTGOMERY, P.J., and FLANIGAN, J., concur.


Summaries of

Dade County Nursing Home v. DSS

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two
Dec 21, 1993
865 S.W.2d 817 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993)
Case details for

Dade County Nursing Home v. DSS

Case Details

Full title:DADE COUNTY NURSING HOME DISTRICT, D/B/A DADE COUNTY NURSING HOME…

Court:Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two

Date published: Dec 21, 1993

Citations

865 S.W.2d 817 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993)

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